CPTP151: Motivating Music Theory with Glory St. Germain

Glory St. Germain is the creator of Ultimate Music Theory, a Registered Music Teacher, sought-after clinician and a Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner (NLP). She is really passionate about taking the "blah" out of music theory teaching.

If you thinking that music theory has to be boring and dry – you need to listen to this show.

Glory gave us so many valuable tips to bring music theory to life as well as sharing how she uses music theory clubs to make her studio more profitable and accelerate her students' progress.

Transcript

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In this episode, you’ll learn

• Why Glory became passionate about teaching music theory
• Whether digital notation means students don't need to hand-write music anymore
• How writing music can make students better readers
• How becoming a Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner has helped Glory understand her students better
• Glory's top 5 tips for making music theory engaging and fun

Links Mentioned

• Ultimate Music Theory
• Ultimate Music Theory Facebook group
• 4 Chord Composing video
• Finale
• Sibelius

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How do you feel about music theory?

Did you enjoy it or dread it when you were learning piano? How do you think your students feel about it?

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